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Did you find one?

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This was the part that some one repopped out of brass and they worked well but one hole may have been off on one and some guy put a big bitch about it on the forum and the guy that was making them said the heck with it. I made two of these myself and they where a bear to machine out of steel, when I...

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Lang's had them at one time, that is where got mine from.

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I just had one of them finished, it went to Detroit area one of jerry Vanootegan friends? Sorry for the I am sure the wrong spelling of his name.

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I have had a couple offers to copy a set but the friend that is looking for the big U shaped reinforcement has an original car and would like to find an original set, will pay well for them.

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If it has a round casting sprew in the center of the head then it is a Reader head.

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Looking for a set of reinforcement brackets for the rear door of a 13 touring body. Thanks Joe 419-618-1025

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The EE and F do not have any Chrome in them, more flex!

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Every car I own has a set, it is easy to find my car with all the Black ones out there!

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Tim, Had a picture of all of us that day but I thought this picture was the best!

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I wanted to share this picture of my Model T friend Kerry Buchenroth who just recently passed due to COVID.
This picture is from a tech session I had here at my place. He will be missed!

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The new interior will come with plastic barrels to push in the holes and the interior will have the barbed nails in them.

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I knocked the pins out when I restored the fordor, but now the pins stick up a bit since afraid to pound them back in and removing the paint So is it a good ideal or not?

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I would paint any thing and every thing that way you seal the wood and metals from water.

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When I mag those earlier crank shafts 60% goes in the junk pile, the later 26-7 crank have a lot higher percentage rate of being a good crank.

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The real wrist breaker started with the 13 mags, Wally told me years ago the design of them caused a spike on the solisiscope? spelling may be wrong?

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The ones these days have new wire in them not the old copper, at least the ones from Snyders are?

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All the years I dealt with Wally they where never red glyptol, RV where red.

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The later cars had steel levers, this one is forged so it is correct.

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I have a right rear that is not rusted out, couple minor dings, have a daughter that lives in Decatur.

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I have seen this quick fix by cleaning that area real well to remove the oil then add RTV and push it into the cracks, I have tore many down that looked like this fix.

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Look at the grass barn in the back drop?

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If you can gas weld the old 1/4 rings work really well recycle the old iron.

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Good neighbors and friend are always great for job like this, would hate to say how many times I have used them for this type of work.

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My thoughts are it is your car and what ever color you like and the family then that is the color it will be. Years ago I painted our 65 Mustang, it took six different pints of Blue paint to find the color we all liked. I used all the other colors mixed them together and sprayed it all over inside w...

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Art, in 25 they introduced the four dip pan and also the improved brake drum, then in 26 they came out with the wider brake drum and the four dip pan had room in the back for the wider drum.

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There was some like that I saw years ago in Cedar Rapids Iowa, I talked Lee into posting a picture of them and some one wanted them to hang on their wall, have no ideal who owns them now but definetly interesting wheel!!

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John, I have duel NH 's on my Rajo four valve, plenty of power for me!

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Bryant, many have done this conversion, the best setup I have seen was the B intake and exhaust manifold, the intake is larger for more air flow and the exhaust manifold kicks it out behind the engine like a T does. I would not go through all this unless you have went to larger valves, cam, head or ...

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Another tinning compound is Tin Tight from McMaster Carr, and they sure do not give it away.

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When I first started playing with it, I used melted out babbitt, later found out imperfection after machining, then I found Power Nickel from Magnolia metals works great and real close to the Ford original, it is pricey and it is sold on the rare metal exchange so varies every day.

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In the beginning some one told me to use cotton balls to plug the holes, I took out two light bulbs and Babbitt splattered everywhere, still have Babbitt on the walls from it. Can not have any moisture in the process. Try chalking or turn down the torch to get the black from the gas and smoke the mo...

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I use two cast ladles when pouring, that way it pours faster from both sides. The babbitt peening came into the process from Ford was pouring cold blocks and they used this practice to set the anchors. If you take two pieces of babbitt lay them on top of each other and start hammering them, after a ...

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One of my T friends was looking for a ten tooth pinion a while back, can not remember who it was? I have one now. Thanks Joe

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Most of this early aluminum welds wonderful, does not have all the extra in it like they do now, I would guess it is thin in those area or it would not have compressed so if you do take it to a welder it may blow through at first then you have some more clean up on the inside.

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I have the threaded ends and I have the ones for just the canvas attaching, do you want the backing plate also for the canvas style if wanted?

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Al if therm are what you want I am going through Cleveland Tennessee next week, heading to see my daughter, could haul home for you??

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will look to see what i have.

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Al, some use the coupe fenders for roadsters and others use the touring fenders? what ones do you want?

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Do you need the female part or the male part that threads into the body of the car?

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I would check the timer, spring has come off the roller or flapper if Anderson.

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Jahn, I have one just like that and all the wood needed replaced, like you said if you do not have to leave it a lone, it is a lo t of work fitting things.

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Jahn, I made about 8 sets of them years ago when I restored two Fordors, I have a couple extra sets if needed. Joe

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28 model A to be exact

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I would cut one on the band saw also for the cracked ones, trace a good one or clamp the original for a trace and cut some wood. Years ago when I did a couple of these rebuilds I made extra sets,once the saw is set up for it they are easy to make an extra and it helps pay for your wood in yours, som...

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I would pull the tacks and leave this sleeping dog lay and go on to something else that needs replaced.

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Bruce, I have rebuilt a few T's and that top wood looks good enough for another 100 years!

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If an engine gets hot enough to burn the regular paint off you are in deep crap, the only thing that should get that hot is the exhaust manifold and part of the exhaust clamps.

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Keith, that is not what I have, Sorry!

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Keith, the hub cap I have looks like a normal FORD one except it says HAYES on it? Is that correct or are the hubcaps like the 26-7 design with the tabs on the back? Just asking before I ship it to you?
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Keith, I have a loner hub cap that is in better shape, not perfect, but would send it for the ride, let me know off line, Joe Bell

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Tim Morsher had some made a couple years ago, he may still have one??

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There was so many sheet metal parts made and it came down the line for 24-5 they got throwed on a 26-7 to use them up so it was not taking more time he was using up old parts. I have seen on original cars a 13 front fender on a 14 and the other side being a 14 fender, it does not take much to notice...

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That was one of them argentina ones, have a couple of them on my shelf also.

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I do them all the time, just in case we all get old some day it is there to just switch the hogshead!

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Barry, those fenders where nicer than I am looking for. Glad you sold them, they would be nice for a restoration job not an old original.

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I have never saw a set like those before, my guess they are not T's but for something else.

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Mike, that happens to me every once in a while, I know it was right here????

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These do not have to be perfect fenders dents and cracks are good!

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I am looking for front and rear fenders for a 14 T unrestored for the original patina for an unrestored car that has lost it's fenders sometime in the past and has a set of Dodge fenders bolted to it. Thanks Joe

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Aluminum and cast heat and cool at different rates so the silicone can not move with the heat like copper does.

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Lang's was selling the brass pods that replaced the pot metal ones if that is the style you have.

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I had to mill it to clean it up and address for the bigger intake valves and 280 cam, valves touched side of head.

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Here is a picture of the head that I have been running for years

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I have an unmarked High compression head, thought it was a late 26 head till I pulled the engine down and found the inside casting looks like Pruis's head inside? I did not notice at first there was no wells around the plugs, been running it for years and love it!

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John, You may be on to something, I have the same set up but i have about 30 thousand miles on my T and it is starting to smoke coming down hills and idling for a while, I have run the 1/2 tube and thinking 3/8 would of been plenty, but we do have hills around here to deal with. I have seen some thr...

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I asked that once and they told me yes.

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Gene was second man on list and heading his way, Thanks Joe

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Sorry I should of put a price on all of it 500. plus the ride, the crank has been shortened.

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Have an A crank cut to fit the T block, rods fitted for crank , Egge Pistons for A rods in a T .060 over, main caps, reground cam. Tore engine down for repair and block has to many issue to reuse so customer is going back to Standard T crank and assembly. Give me a jingle if of interest. Thanks Joe

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Mark, Found the clutch drum that went with one set will send it also.

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I do not know how the people drive these cars, the spring has been changed in all of them, these engines came from other engine builders from all over US, the square wafered ones seem to hold up the best, but the metallic material in them makes me wonder when they fail where is it going? The new Wat...

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Will get them around for you.

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I have enough of them I have pulled out that I will give them to you for freight! Replaced seven sets this past summer.

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I rewooded a 23 low cowl Fordor and that looks the same with no vent in it. I think Tom Strickland owns it now.

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Chevy split rim

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I use to paint cars for a living back in the day, the base coat clear coats look really nice but I think they look to good for a T? I sprayed mine in single stage urathane 20 years ago, still looks good but my 65 mustang I wish I would of done it in base coat clear coat for the more modern look and ...

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Do you have the glass channel? there may be a couple around here, let me know.

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I can not believe you hauled that back from Hershey, it was a nice original looking radiator, tells you how hershey was this year, that would of been gone in a heart beat on a good year!!

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I had one years ago that did this, some one had replaced the cast iron pistons with aluminum ones, the bore was to large from years of the cast running, the cast have a lower oil ring to keep the piston from slapping, the aluminum do not and that is where the noise come from at least on this engine....

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I just got rid of one of those regulators at hershey, one of the boys from Lang's bought it for his book he is making about the 23-5 coupes. Hope this helps.

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Tim Morsher had some stuff like that, might want to jingle him?

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are those A's?

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Check your crank for roundness with a good set of mics or dials if crank is out of round it will just do this again, some install new rods with out checking crank and this is what happens, not saying the crank was not ground but to loose a rod in that short of time makes me wonder.

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I have a few but would cost to much to ship from Ohio.

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He had two at hershey with the hogshead bolt holes in them that where stock bore.

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Frank Iancinio that sells the Kevlar bands had two nice ones there 518-755-0986, he is out in your neck of the woods.

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There where plenty at hershey

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Have a late 12 -13 seven rivet pan, big tea cup, long nose, it is not correct for 11-12, the pan ears are not correct looking, 250 will have at hershey. c4i29-31 Joe

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I have the carb and intake I am hauling to Hershey c4i 29-31

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found the gx style regulator and the upper windshield frame for a 25 with the pulls on it, the nickel swing arms are in the truck also for hershey.

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I have a window regulator 17200 cx that I am hauling to hershey, I have some of the other windshield frame parts if you let me know before monday morning, I will throw them in the truck for hershey.

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I have used a little heat to burn the caked oil crud off and then they come out easily.

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I have a couple coffee cans of them how many you want?

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I have a non script early low T head have been told they where 14's that where casted in Canada, it will not be cheap but if of interest I will haul to Hershey for final inspection.

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John has a point on the lifters, I chased that one down once myself, another one I had was a .060 engine with the older square sided pistons, before the champhered the top corners of the pistons, the piston was hitting the head gasket from over bore, but that noise sounded like one rod noise.

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Pull the head and see if pistons are hitting it, rods will stretch on revving engine, had an A engine that block and head where both milled to much and caused this noise?

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Just pulled one apart with a noise, who ever built the trans only used two washers instead of three under the clutch drum, that allowed the brake drum to move backwards and the six bolts where tapping the oil pan, but an extra was the ring that holds the clutch spring on was rubbing against the ball...

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Good luck on this one, most engines that had been changed out back in the day are scrapped out

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